There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.

With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.

Shaw writes as if it were always midday.

The desire to create literature leads to frights, grunts, and coy looks.

Heroes are born to be troublemakers.

It is hard to speak of sex without being clinical, brutal, or romantic.

Without a little negligence, life would be intolerable.